The Questions and Answers of a Honors Student

March 8th 2013

From a distance you can see this

great tree looming over

everything, but what is that

structure around it?

The answer is that it’s a memorial.

But who is Dean Kathryn Barnett and what did she do to get a memorial?

Her Accomplishments

• Founded one of the first Ph. D programs for nursing in Texas• Founded the School of Nursing at AUM as well as the

Nursing Care Center• Served as the Dean for 17

years• Created a partnership with

Montgomery Art Guild for an Nightingale Art Show at AUM

• And in her spare time helped to build the framework for

the therapeutic touch

What was her reward for all this?

Her memorialMay 1996

The Kathryn Barnett Alumni

Scholarship EndowmentMay 2006

How do I know if it’s a memorial or monument?

Memorial Vs. Monument

An object serving as a focus for a memory of

some one or something; to celebrate and value

somebody’s life

A structure that serves to honor some one or something for their

historical importance.

What would I Want?Options

2. Scholarship for sophomores and

higher

3. Memorial for parents, to reward them for pushing their children in

education.

1. An outdoor memorial like

Kathryn Barnett

But…

I’ll say it anyways

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